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United States Patent | 5,342,063 |
O'Brien ,   et al. | August 30, 1994 |
Apparatus for a ball game which includes a plurality of rigid sections which interengage with one another to form a member of rectangular outline which has an arcuate ball returning surface, a plurality of rods each of which is engaged with, and projects outwardly from, a respective section, and sheet material which is engaged under tension with outer ends of the respective rods to assist in maintaining the sections interengaged.
Inventors: | O'Brien; Brendan J. (89 Ronald Avenue, Linbro Park, Sandton, Transvaal, ZA); Ross; Michael A. (P.O. Box 370, York Beach, ME 03909) |
Appl. No.: | 059334 |
Filed: | May 11, 1993 |
May 12, 1992[ZA] | 92/3402 |
Current U.S. Class: | 273/396; 473/197; 473/454 |
Intern'l Class: | A63B 063/00 |
Field of Search: | 273/396,394,26 A,29 A,182 R,181 F,181 K |
2059365 | Nov., 1936 | King | 273/26. |
2264127 | Nov., 1941 | Arge | 273/381. |
4334681 | Jun., 1982 | Scheie | 273/30. |
4421318 | Dec., 1983 | Sverdlik et al. | 273/395. |
Foreign Patent Documents | |||
45346 | Feb., 1982 | EP | 273/29. |
87/7264 | May., 1988 | ZA. | |
642980 | Sep., 1950 | GB | 273/29. |